Translation of "complacency" to German

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Dictionary translations for "complacency"

complacency [kəmˈpleɪsnʌsɪ] noun

pl. complacencies

die Selbstgefälligkeit f (quality)

His complacency won't make him many friends.

Mit seiner Selbstgefälligkeit wird er nicht viele Freunde gewinnen.

Contexts with "complacency"

His complacency won't make him many friends. Mit seiner Selbstgefälligkeit wird er nicht viele Freunde gewinnen.

The average Westerner, in his sleek complacency, will see in the tea ceremony but another instance of the thousand and one oddities which constitute the quaintness and childishness of the East to him. Der Durchschnittsbürger aus dem Westen wird in der Tee-Zeremonie bloß ein weiteres Beispiel für die 1001 Merkwürdigkeiten sehen, die für ihn das Drollige und Kindische des Ostens ausmachen.

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